The art of living long : a new and improved English version of the treatise by the celebrated Venetian centenarian, Louis Cornaro, with essays / by Joseph Addison, Lord Bacon, and Sir William Temple.

  • Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566.
Date:
[1903]
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Credit: The art of living long : a new and improved English version of the treatise by the celebrated Venetian centenarian, Louis Cornaro, with essays / by Joseph Addison, Lord Bacon, and Sir William Temple. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I NTRO D UCTION TO LOUIS CORNARO BY John Witt Randall * 0 thou that for an hundred years Didst lightly tread the ancestral hall, Yet sawest thy brethren bathed in tears, Cut down ere ripe, and round thee fall,— Well didst thou deem long life the measure Of long enjoyment to the wise, To fools alone devoid of pleasure; Thou wouldst not die as the fool dies. Robbed of thy titles, lands, and health, With man and fortune in disgrace. In wisdom didst thou seek thy wealth. Thy peace in friendship to thy race. With thine eleven grandchildren met. Thou couldst at will become the boy; And, thine own sorrows to forget, Couldst lose thyself in others’ joy,— * See Note B [13]